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An Interesting Unusual Case of Hypokalemic Quadriparesis in 48 Years Hypertensive Male Patient: A Liddle's Syndrome

Jotideb Mukhopadhyay, Manoj Kumar Roy, Apratim Chatterjee, Anup Sarkar, Koushik Roy, Rakesh Agarwal, Sumanto Mukhopadhyay

Citation Information : Mukhopadhyay J, Roy MK, Chatterjee A, Sarkar A, Roy K, Agarwal R, Mukhopadhyay S. An Interesting Unusual Case of Hypokalemic Quadriparesis in 48 Years Hypertensive Male Patient: A Liddle's Syndrome. J Postgrad Med Edu Res 2015; 49 (3):143-145.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10028-1164

Published Online: 01-06-2017

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2015; The Author(s).


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Roy MK, Chatterjee A, Sarkar A, Roy K, Lahiri D, Agarwal R, Mukhopadhyay S, Mukhopadhyay J. An Interesting Unusual Case of Hypokalemic Quadriparesis in 48 Years Hypertensive Male Patient: A Liddle's Syndrome. J Postgrad Med Edu Res 2015;49(3):143-145.


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